"airport" in seven languages
Meaningairport
Spanish
aeropuerto
/aeɾoˈpweɾto/
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French
aéroport
/aeʁɔpɔʁ/
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Italian
aeroporto
/aeroˈpɔrto/
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Portuguese
aeroporto
/aeɾoˈpohtu/
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Romanian
aeroport
/aeroˈport/
neut.borrowed · French aéroport
Catalan
aeroport
/əeɾuˈpɔrt/
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English
airport
/ˈɛɹpɔɹt/
from Latin/French · air (Old French) + port (Latin PORTUS)
English → ItalianairportaeroportoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PORTUM‘harbour (+ Greek aḗr 'air')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A 20th-century compound built the same way everywhere: a Greek prefix on each sister's own inherited word for port.
English relatives: airport, aerial
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In a sentence
- es¿Cómo llego al aeropuerto?
- frComment je vais à l'aéroport ?
- itCome arrivo all'aeroporto?
- ptComo eu chego ao aeroporto?
- roCum ajung la aeroport?
- caCom puc arribar a l'aeroport?
- enHow do I get to the airport?